About the Authors

Sarah Cockayne

sarah.cockayne@york.ac.uk

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Joy Adamson

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Arabella Clarke

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Belen Corbacho

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Caroline Fairhurst

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Lorraine Green

Affiliation NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Catherine E. Hewitt

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Kate Hicks

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Anne-Maree Kenan

Affiliation NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Sarah E. Lamb

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Kadoorie Critical Care Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Caroline McIntosh

Affiliation National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland

Hylton B. Menz

Affiliation School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Anthony C. Redmond

Affiliation NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Zoe Richardson

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Sara Rodgers

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Wesley Vernon

Affiliation Podiatry Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Jordanthorpe Health Centre, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Judith Watson

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

David J. Torgerson

Affiliation York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

on behalf of the REFORM study

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SC JA CEH AMK SEL CM HBM ACR WV JW DJT. Data curation: SC AC BC CF CEH KH LG ZR SR. Formal analysis: BC CF CEH. Funding acquisition: SC JA CEH AMK SEL CM HBM ACR SR WV JW DJT. Investigation: SC JA AC BC LG CF CEH KH ZR SR. Methodology: SC JA BC CF CEH KH AMK SEL LG CM HBM ACR SR WV JW DJT. Project administration: SC JA LG SR JW DJT. Supervision: SC JA CEH AMK SEL CM HBM ACR WV JW DJT. Visualization: CF BC CEH. Writing – original draft: SC CF CEH LG DJT. Writing – review & editing: SC JA AC BC CF CEH KH AMK SEL LG CM HBM ACR ZR SR WV JW DJT.